> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hiveku.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How-Tos

> Step-by-step guides for every common task in Hiveku Builder

Practical walkthroughs organized by where you are in your Hiveku journey — from your very first project to growing your business and managing advanced integrations.

## Getting Started

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  <Card title="Sign Up & Create Your First Project" icon="rocket" href="/how-tos/sign-up">
    Create an account and start your first website
  </Card>

  <Card title="Invite Team Members" icon="users" href="/how-tos/invite-team">
    Add collaborators with the right roles and permissions
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Building Your Site

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  <Card title="Chat with the AI to Build" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/how-tos/build-with-ai">
    Use natural language to create pages, write code, and design
  </Card>

  <Card title="Post a Blog" icon="pen-to-square" href="/how-tos/post-a-blog">
    Publish a new blog post three ways
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage Website Pages" icon="file-lines" href="/how-tos/manage-pages">
    Create, rename, organize, and delete pages
  </Card>

  <Card title="Edit Your Site Visually" icon="paintbrush" href="/how-tos/edit-visually">
    Click-to-edit with live preview
  </Card>

  <Card title="Import a Figma Design" icon="pen-ruler" href="/how-tos/import-figma">
    Convert Figma frames into working code
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set Up User Authentication" icon="lock" href="/how-tos/setup-auth">
    Enable sign-up, login, and OAuth for your app
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create Database Tables" icon="table" href="/how-tos/create-tables">
    Design your database schema with AI or UI
  </Card>

  <Card title="Customize Auth Email Templates" icon="envelope-open-text" href="/how-tos/auth-email-templates">
    Customize signup, password reset, and magic link emails
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Publishing

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  <Card title="Deploy Your Site" icon="rocket" href="/how-tos/deploy-site">
    Publish your project to a live URL
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set Up a Custom Domain" icon="globe" href="/how-tos/custom-domain">
    Point your own domain with automatic SSL
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set Up a Database" icon="database" href="/how-tos/setup-database">
    Provision PostgreSQL or bring your own
  </Card>

  <Card title="Configure Environment Variables" icon="key" href="/how-tos/env-vars">
    Store secrets and configuration
  </Card>

  <Card title="Schedule Cron Jobs" icon="clock" href="/how-tos/cron-jobs">
    Run recurring tasks on a timer
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage URL Redirects" icon="arrow-right-arrow-left" href="/how-tos/manage-redirects">
    Forward old URLs to new destinations
  </Card>

  <Card title="Enable Site Enhancements" icon="sparkles" href="/how-tos/site-enhancements">
    Cookie consent, security headers, PWA, SEO
  </Card>

  <Card title="Organize Your Sitemap" icon="sitemap" href="/how-tos/organize-sitemap">
    Visualize and restructure your page hierarchy
  </Card>

  <Card title="View Deployment & Runtime Logs" icon="scroll" href="/how-tos/view-logs">
    Debug production issues with log streaming
  </Card>

  <Card title="Back Up Your Database" icon="floppy-disk" href="/how-tos/backup-database">
    Create and manage SQL database backups
  </Card>

  <Card title="Use the Terminal" icon="terminal" href="/how-tos/use-terminal">
    Run commands inside your project's dev container
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Growing Your Business

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  <Card title="Send Transactional Emails" icon="envelope" href="/how-tos/send-emails">
    Set up email sending for your app
  </Card>

  <Card title="Track Site Analytics" icon="chart-line" href="/how-tos/track-analytics">
    Monitor visitors and user behavior
  </Card>

  <Card title="Optimize for SEO" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/how-tos/seo">
    Improve search engine rankings
  </Card>

  <Card title="Schedule Social Media Posts" icon="share-nodes" href="/how-tos/social-posts">
    Plan and publish social content
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run a Cold Email Campaign" icon="paper-plane" href="/how-tos/cold-email">
    Set up outbound email sequences
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage CRM Contacts" icon="address-book" href="/how-tos/crm-contacts">
    Organize contacts, deals, and relationships
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set Up Email Webhooks" icon="webhook" href="/how-tos/email-webhooks">
    Receive real-time email delivery events
  </Card>

  <Card title="Request a Dedicated Email IP" icon="network-wired" href="/how-tos/dedicated-email-ip">
    Isolate your sender reputation
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage Email Suppressions" icon="ban" href="/how-tos/email-suppressions">
    View and manage the suppression list
  </Card>

  <Card title="Run an AI SEO Site Audit" icon="magnifying-glass-chart" href="/how-tos/seo-audit">
    Generate a comprehensive SEO report
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add Google Analytics" icon="chart-mixed" href="/how-tos/add-google-analytics">
    Install GA4 tracking on your site
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add Stripe Payments" icon="credit-card" href="/how-tos/add-stripe">
    Accept payments with Stripe Checkout
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add a Chat Widget" icon="message-bot" href="/how-tos/add-chat-widget">
    Install Intercom, Crisp, Drift, or another chat tool
  </Card>

  <Card title="Content Pillars" icon="grip" href="/how-tos/content-pillars">
    Organize social content around recurring themes
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add LinkedIn Org Pages" icon="linkedin" href="/how-tos/linkedin-org-pages">
    Post from company pages, not just personal profiles
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build a Customer Journey Map" icon="map" href="/how-tos/customer-journey">
    Visualize your customer's path from awareness to advocacy
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set Up a Brand Guide" icon="palette" href="/how-tos/brand-guide">
    Centralize logos, colors, fonts, and voice
  </Card>

  <Card title="Research SEO Keywords" icon="key-skeleton" href="/how-tos/keyword-research">
    Find keyword opportunities with volume and difficulty
  </Card>

  <Card title="Track Keyword Rankings" icon="ranking-star" href="/how-tos/track-rankings">
    Monitor where your pages rank in Google
  </Card>

  <Card title="Monitor Backlinks" icon="link" href="/how-tos/backlinks-tracker">
    Track who's linking to your site
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create Before/After Grids" icon="arrows-left-right-to-line" href="/how-tos/before-after-grid">
    Compelling comparison visuals for case studies
  </Card>

  <Card title="Marketing Content Review Workflow" icon="file-signature" href="/how-tos/content-review-workflow">
    Collaborate with drafts, comments, and approvals
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Hiveku to Zapier" icon="bolt" href="/how-tos/connect-zapier">
    Integrate with 6,000+ apps via Zapier
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect External Services via Webhooks" icon="webhook" href="/how-tos/webhook-patterns">
    Generic webhook integration patterns
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect HubSpot" icon="hubspot" href="/how-tos/connect-hubspot">
    Sync contacts and deals with HubSpot CRM
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Mailchimp" icon="mailchimp" href="/how-tos/connect-mailchimp">
    Sync newsletter subscribers to Mailchimp
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage PPC Campaigns" icon="bullseye-arrow" href="/how-tos/manage-ppc-campaigns">
    Track Google, Meta, and TikTok ads in one dashboard
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add a Newsletter Signup" icon="envelope-open" href="/how-tos/add-newsletter-signup">
    Capture email subscribers on your site
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add Customer Testimonials" icon="quote-left" href="/how-tos/add-testimonials">
    Display social proof with reviews and case studies
  </Card>

  <Card title="Optimize Core Web Vitals" icon="gauge-high" href="/how-tos/optimize-performance">
    Improve page speed for better UX and SEO
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Notion" icon="n" href="/how-tos/connect-notion">
    Auto-publish Notion content to your site
  </Card>

  <Card title="Send SMS with Twilio" icon="mobile-notch" href="/how-tos/connect-twilio">
    Text messages for 2FA, orders, and notifications
  </Card>

  <Card title="Build Product Pages with Checkout" icon="bag-shopping" href="/how-tos/add-product-pages">
    E-commerce product catalog and Stripe checkout
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add Structured Data (Schema.org)" icon="code" href="/how-tos/add-structured-data">
    JSON-LD markup for rich Google results
  </Card>

  <Card title="Track UTM Campaigns" icon="tags" href="/how-tos/track-utm-campaigns">
    Attribution for every marketing campaign
  </Card>

  <Card title="Rate Limit Your API" icon="shield-halved" href="/how-tos/rate-limit-api">
    Protect endpoints from abuse and spam
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add Search to Your Site" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/how-tos/add-search">
    Fast, relevance-ranked content search
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Workflow Recipes

Concrete automation examples you can copy and adapt.

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  <Card title="Slack Notifications for Form Submissions" icon="slack" href="/how-tos/workflow-slack-notifications">
    Get Slack alerts when visitors fill out forms
  </Card>

  <Card title="Auto-Sync Leads to Your CRM" icon="arrows-turn-right" href="/how-tos/workflow-leads-to-crm">
    Add form submissions to CRM with tags
  </Card>

  <Card title="Auto-Post Blog Articles to LinkedIn" icon="share" href="/how-tos/workflow-blog-to-linkedin">
    Automatically share new posts on LinkedIn
  </Card>

  <Card title="Alert on SEO Ranking Drops" icon="bell" href="/how-tos/workflow-seo-rank-alert">
    Notify when keywords drop in search
  </Card>

  <Card title="Send a Weekly Team Digest" icon="envelope-circle-check" href="/how-tos/workflow-weekly-digest">
    Auto-generate and email weekly stats
  </Card>

  <Card title="Welcome Email Sequence for Signups" icon="hand-wave" href="/how-tos/workflow-welcome-sequence">
    Onboard new users with automated emails
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI-Generated Form Responses" icon="robot" href="/how-tos/workflow-ai-form-response">
    Personalized auto-replies within seconds
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automated Daily Database Backup" icon="cloud-arrow-up" href="/how-tos/workflow-database-backup">
    Scheduled offsite database backups
  </Card>

  <Card title="Abandoned Cart Recovery" icon="cart-shopping" href="/how-tos/workflow-abandoned-cart">
    Email customers who left items in their cart
  </Card>

  <Card title="Re-engagement for Inactive Users" icon="user-clock" href="/how-tos/workflow-re-engagement">
    Win back dormant customers at 30/60/90 days
  </Card>

  <Card title="Auto-Request Reviews After Purchase" icon="star" href="/how-tos/workflow-request-reviews">
    Collect reviews and testimonials automatically
  </Card>

  <Card title="Lead Scoring Based on Behavior" icon="chart-line" href="/how-tos/workflow-lead-scoring">
    Prioritize sales team on hottest leads
  </Card>

  <Card title="Subscription Renewal Reminders" icon="calendar-day" href="/how-tos/workflow-subscription-renewal">
    7/3/1-day reminders before renewal
  </Card>

  <Card title="Low-Stock Inventory Alerts" icon="boxes-stacked" href="/how-tos/workflow-low-stock">
    Notify when products need reorder
  </Card>

  <Card title="Auto-Route Support Tickets" icon="headset" href="/how-tos/workflow-support-routing">
    AI classifies and assigns tickets to the right team
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Integrations & BYOK

Connect Google, Microsoft, and other services to Hiveku using your own OAuth credentials.

### Foundational Setup (do this first)

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Set Up a Google Cloud OAuth App" icon="google" href="/how-tos/google-oauth-app">
    One-time setup — required for all Google integrations
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set Up a Microsoft Azure OAuth App" icon="microsoft" href="/how-tos/microsoft-oauth-app">
    One-time setup — required for Outlook
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Google Integrations

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Connect Gmail" icon="envelope-open" href="/how-tos/connect-gmail">
    Send and read Gmail messages
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Google Calendar" icon="calendar" href="/how-tos/connect-google-calendar">
    Enable calendar integration for booking
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Google Search Console" icon="chart-simple" href="/how-tos/connect-gsc">
    Import search performance data
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Google Business Profile" icon="location-dot" href="/how-tos/connect-gbp">
    Manage your local business listing
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Google Ads" icon="bullseye" href="/how-tos/connect-google-ads">
    Manage PPC campaigns and metrics
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Microsoft Integrations

<CardGroup cols={1}>
  <Card title="Connect Outlook" icon="envelope" href="/how-tos/connect-outlook">
    Send and read Outlook or Microsoft 365 email
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Other Ad Platforms & CRM

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Connect Meta Ads" icon="facebook" href="/how-tos/connect-meta-ads">
    Track Facebook and Instagram campaigns
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect TikTok Ads" icon="music" href="/how-tos/connect-tiktok-ads">
    Track TikTok ad campaigns
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect GoHighLevel" icon="arrows-rotate" href="/how-tos/connect-ghl">
    Sync contacts, pipelines, and social accounts
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Collaborating

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Set Up Site Review & Feedback" icon="comments" href="/how-tos/site-review">
    Let clients annotate and leave feedback
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automate Tasks with Workflows" icon="gear" href="/how-tos/workflows">
    Connect triggers and actions for automation
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect GitHub" icon="github" href="/how-tos/connect-github">
    Version-control your project with Git
  </Card>

  <Card title="Use Project Discussions" icon="message" href="/how-tos/project-discussions">
    Threaded team messaging inside a project
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage Project Tasks" icon="list-check" href="/how-tos/manage-tasks">
    Kanban-style task tracking per project
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Account

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Manage Team Members & Roles" icon="user-gear" href="/how-tos/team-roles">
    Change roles, remove members, transfer ownership
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bring Your Own AI API Key" icon="key" href="/how-tos/byok-ai">
    Connect your Anthropic key to bypass credits
  </Card>

  <Card title="Clone a Project" icon="copy" href="/how-tos/clone-project">
    Duplicate an existing project as a template
  </Card>

  <Card title="Monitor Usage & Costs" icon="chart-pie" href="/how-tos/monitor-usage">
    Track AI, hosting, storage, and bandwidth spend
  </Card>

  <Card title="Switch Between Accounts" icon="arrows-left-right" href="/how-tos/switch-accounts">
    Move between client accounts (SaaS users)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Rename or Delete a Project" icon="trash" href="/how-tos/rename-delete-project">
    Update project name or permanently remove it
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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